Citizens who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for arthritis

Table

Unit %

Year 2020 Year 2017 Year 2014 Year 2011
Province
New Brunswick
19.2
18.5 - 19.8
16.5
16.0 - 17.1
17.4
16.9 - 17.9
18.0
17.5 - 18.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
16.2
14.9 - 17.4
14.4
13.5 - 15.3
15.4
14.4 - 16.4
16.2
15.1 - 17.3
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
23.2
21.6 - 24.8
19.3
18.1 - 20.5
20.3
19.2 - 21.4
21.2
20.0 - 22.4
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
19.4
18.0 - 20.7
17.9
16.7 - 19.0
17.6
16.6 - 18.7
18.4
17.3 - 19.6
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
18.2
15.9 - 20.5
12.8
11.3 - 14.2
13.4
11.7 - 15.0
15.8
14.0 - 17.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
22.8
19.7 - 25.8
17.9
15.5 - 20.3
22.2
18.9 - 25.5
20.9
18.3 - 23.5
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
16.6
14.8 - 18.4
15.1
13.6 - 16.6
16.0
14.2 - 17.8
16.3
14.8 - 17.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
20.0
17.0 - 23.0
17.1
14.9 - 19.4
18.3
15.6 - 20.9
16.1
14.3 - 18.0
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
16.9
13.6 - 20.1
16.3
13.9 - 18.7
15.0
12.2 - 17.9
16.5
14.1 - 19.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
18.2
15.2 - 21.2
17.0
14.2 - 19.7
16.1
13.3 - 18.9
19.5
16.5 - 22.5
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
23.4
18.9 - 27.8
21.0
17.4 - 24.6
21.2
16.7 - 25.6
18.3
14.4 - 22.2
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
16.8
13.1 - 20.4
13.2
10.1 - 16.4
13.4
9.9 - 17.0
15.6
12.4 - 18.7
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
22.3
18.1 - 26.5
15.2
11.9 - 18.5
23.1
18.3 - 27.9
23.3
19.7 - 26.8
Dieppe and Memramcook
10.6
8.0 - 13.3
9.5
7.6 - 11.5
11.0
7.8 - 14.2
10.7
7.5 - 13.8
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
16.9
12.7 - 21.0
19.9
16.2 - 23.7
21.1
17.0 - 25.1
18.5
14.9 - 22.2
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
17.8
14.5 - 21.2
11.0
9.2 - 12.9
13.8
11.7 - 16.0
16.7
14.1 - 19.3
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
23.5
19.8 - 27.2
18.0
14.8 - 21.2
17.7
15.4 - 19.9
19.1
16.5 - 21.7
Fredericton
16.5
13.8 - 19.2
14.6
12.5 - 16.8
14.5
12.0 - 16.9
15.7
13.1 - 18.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
22.1
17.1 - 27.2
15.8
12.0 - 19.6
18.0
14.2 - 21.9
18.5
14.3 - 22.7
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
21.5
17.5 - 25.5
16.1
13.1 - 19.0
15.1
12.0 - 18.3
15.8
12.6 - 19.0
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
24.1
17.6 - 30.6
23.2
17.7 - 28.7
20.8
15.3 - 26.3
22.0
16.8 - 27.1
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
11.2
6.4 - 15.9
12.0
7.8 - 16.3
6.2
1.9 - 10.4
11.5
7.9 - 15.1
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
25.0
19.5 - 30.5
22.7
18.3 - 27.1
26.2
22.3 - 30.1
28.3
24.0 - 32.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
21.0
17.4 - 24.6
18.4
15.8 - 20.9
20.6
17.4 - 23.7
16.4
14.3 - 18.5
Moncton
15.4
12.6 - 18.1
14.2
12.4 - 15.9
15.1
13.1 - 17.0
16.3
14.3 - 18.3
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
23.5
18.7 - 28.3
21.9
17.9 - 25.9
18.7
15.5 - 22.0
18.8
15.2 - 22.4
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
14.6
9.2 - 19.9
10.5
6.4 - 14.7
8.7
4.1 - 13.2
15.1
11.2 - 19.0
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
16.8
13.5 - 20.1
16.7
13.7 - 19.8
16.8
13.8 - 19.7
16.2
13.1 - 19.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
20.0
16.3 - 23.6
22.1
18.7 - 25.6
17.1
14.2 - 20.0
16.6
13.2 - 19.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
27.7
22.2 - 33.3
19.8
15.6 - 24.0
24.1
19.8 - 28.4
28.5
23.8 - 33.2
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
16.4
13.4 - 19.5
15.7
13.5 - 18.0
13.9
11.6 - 16.1
16.3
13.8 - 18.8
Riverview and Coverdale
18.4
14.9 - 21.9
15.6
13.0 - 18.2
16.6
13.5 - 19.7
16.5
13.2 - 19.8
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
24.0
19.3 - 28.8
12.4
9.4 - 15.3
22.0
17.6 - 26.3
20.8
16.3 - 25.2
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
28.6
25.2 - 32.1
21.2
19.0 - 23.5
23.1
21.1 - 25.0
23.0
21.0 - 25.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
20.4
14.8 - 26.0
20.0
14.7 - 25.3
19.4
14.8 - 24.1
19.5
14.7 - 24.3
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
15.9
11.9 - 19.8
15.1
12.8 - 17.5
14.4
12.1 - 16.6
13.9
11.6 - 16.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
15.7
12.0 - 19.5
14.9
11.4 - 18.4
18.1
13.8 - 22.4
19.4
15.9 - 22.9
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
23.5
18.8 - 28.2
18.4
14.8 - 22.1
22.3
18.9 - 25.7
27.2
23.7 - 30.8
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
24.1
19.9 - 28.3
21.7
17.8 - 25.6
22.2
18.3 - 26.0
23.4
19.4 - 27.4
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
24.0
20.0 - 28.0
19.7
16.8 - 22.6
20.7
17.8 - 23.5
20.3
17.2 - 23.3
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
15.3
11.9 - 18.6
14.5
11.4 - 17.7
19.0
14.8 - 23.2
12.6
9.6 - 15.6
Age
18-64
13.0
12.2 - 13.7
11.9
11.3 - 12.4
13.2
12.6 - 13.8
13.3
12.7 - 13.8
65 and over
35.8
34.6 - 37.1
31.1
30.0 - 32.2
33.8
32.6 - 35.0
38.7
37.4 - 40.1
Sex at birth
Female
22.7
21.8 - 23.6
19.7
19.0 - 20.4
21.2
20.4 - 21.9
21.4
20.7 - 22.1
Male
14.9
13.9 - 16.0
13.2
12.4 - 13.9
13.3
12.5 - 14.1
14.3
13.5 - 15.1
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
15.0
11.6 - 18.4
n/a
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
19.2
18.5 - 19.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Preferred language of service: English
20.7
19.9 - 21.5
18.1
17.5 - 18.7
19.4
18.7 - 20.0
20.6
19.9 - 21.2
Preferred language of service: French
13.8
12.7 - 14.9
12.1
11.2 - 13.0
11.9
10.9 - 12.9
14.0
13.0 - 15.0
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
21.8
17.3 - 26.3
19.2
16.4 - 22.0
20.1
16.6 - 23.7
19.4
15.9 - 22.9
Non-Indigenous
19.0
18.3 - 19.7
16.4
15.9 - 17.0
17.3
16.8 - 17.9
17.9
17.4 - 18.5
Immigrant
Immigrants
12.2
9.9 - 14.5
11.8
9.8 - 13.8
n/a
n/a
Non-immigrants
19.1
18.4 - 19.8
16.8
16.3 - 17.3
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
23.9
22.8 - 25.1
21.0
20.1 - 21.9
21.5
20.6 - 22.4
22.2
21.4 - 23.1
Postsecondary
16.1
15.3 - 16.9
13.6
13.0 - 14.2
14.8
14.2 - 15.5
14.8
14.1 - 15.4
Household income
Less than $25,000
29.1
27.3 - 31.0
21.7
20.4 - 23.0
28.0
26.5 - 29.4
27.1
25.8 - 28.5
$25,000 to less than $60,000
20.6
19.4 - 21.7
18.5
17.6 - 19.4
19.6
18.7 - 20.5
19.3
18.4 - 20.2
$60,000 or more
13.7
12.8 - 14.6
11.5
10.7 - 12.2
10.8
10.1 - 11.5
11.3
10.6 - 12.1
Persons with a disability
Without disability
11.7
11.0 - 12.3
10.3
9.8 - 10.8
10.2
9.8 - 10.7
n/a
With disability
41.5
40.0 - 43.1
37.7
36.4 - 39.1
42.4
41.0 - 43.8
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data was suppressed due to low respondent counts

About

This indicator is the percentage of citizens who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for arthritis.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Primary Health Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: Has any health professional ever diagnosed you with or treated you for any of the following chronic health conditions: a) Arthritis

Notes

The 2020 edition of the Primary Health Survey (PHS) was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic did not influence the survey’s response rate, NBHC had to assess the impact of surveying during the pandemic. Accordingly, advanced statistical analyses were performed to allow for comparison between the results obtained in 2020 and those obtained in previous PHS cycles. Despite these analyses, users are advised to use the PHS 2020 data with caution, especially when creating estimates for small sub-populations or when comparing it to other PHS editions.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

PH_CHCAR_1

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